{"id":1494,"date":"2026-06-08T04:01:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T04:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1494"},"modified":"2026-06-08T04:01:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T04:01:34","slug":"fort-lauderdale-man-dies-in-drowning-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1494","title":{"rendered":"Fort Lauderdale man dies in drowning, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/p>\n<p><i><b>Editor&#8217;s Note: <\/b>A Fort Lauderdale man drowned early Sunday morning.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Fort Lauderdale police got a call just after 5 a.m. about a man possibly drowning off the 200 block at Southwest Second Avenue. Witnesses saw the man enter the water.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1491\">Man in hospital with gunshot wounds after Lauderhill shooting, police say<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Police worked with Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue and the Broward Sheriff\u2019s Office Aviation Unit to search the area. They found the man and Fire Rescue took him to Fort Lauderdale\u2019s Broward Health Medical Center, where he died.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1489\">\u2018No CPR\u2019 among EMS issues with Coral Gables plastic surgery center in death<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The Fort Lauderdale Police Department\u2019s Homicide Unit is investigating the case.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Witnesses saw man enter water in 200 block of Southwest Second Avenue. 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